Permit

Grand Canyon National Park Non-Commercial River Trips General Information

Here is a PDF of the Permit Application sent to me by the GCNP River Permit Office

This one is the Regulations included with the application

THE PERMIT! and other info

More stuff from NPS received March 30

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Canyon REO

We have hired Canyon REO to do the meals, the groover, rent us one big stove, two boats, and do the shuttle

This is all the Misc Paperwork sent to me by Canyon REO

Canyon REO sent a Menu Planner and we have decided to go with their REO Favorite sample menu and the munchie box

And lastly they sent their Leader Handbook please read thru and give me your input!

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Calendar

These are the key dates for the trip:

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Expenses

The expenses will all be shared equally on a per diem basis with the exception of:

• Personal snacks and booze
• Personal medication
• Personal Gear
  

The following expenses will be shared:

• Food including breakfasts, lunches, dinners, a munchie box, some days will have hors de oerves and some desserts
  
• Groover Rental
  
• Groover Supplies
  
• Water Filtration Equipment
  
• Sat Phone Rental (each individual will pay for any air time in the event of an emergency)
  
• Permit Fees
  
• Raft Rental
• Shuttles
  
• Security Deposit
  
• Blaster Propane Stove Rental
  
• Rental Tables
  
• Group Plates, Bowls, Utensils & Kitchen Supplies
  
• Propane, Garbage Bags, Paper Towels
  
• Major First Aid Supplies
  

If you know of any other group expenses that should be included please let me know as soon as possible. A complete accounting will be available to anyone who so desires.

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Personal Gear

Don't forget to bring:

PHOTO ID

Gear:
PFD
Coffee Cup
Water Bottle

Food:
Beverages
Snacks

Medical:
1 bottle of Pain revilers (Advil, Tylenol, 222’s whatever you normally use),
1 box of Pepto-Bismol (tabs) or whatever you prefer to take for upset stomachs and rot-gut
1 box of Imodium tabs (anti-diarrhea) in case of amebic–dysentery, Cryptosporidium and/or Giardi, or the old Tijuana 2-step…
1 large pad of mole-skin (foot blisters)
A medium tube or can of tiger balm, Ben gay, deep-heat (for your sore muscles)
Any personal Prescription medications that you will need…

Here are some links to some of the many lists on the net:

• Private Boaters Association List
  
  
• High Country River Rafters
  
  
• Downriver List
  
  
• Camp Inventory
  

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Things to think about ... and Patsy's ramblings

• Do we want to have group plates & utensils all kept in the kitchen & washed with the dishes?
  
• We will have a food grid outlining who cooks what when, my preference is to have each person responsible for cooking one day. If you want to pair up with someone & cook 2 days with a shared load it's your option.
  
• Do we want to have each person responsible for the groover one day?
  
• I think each person should have one day of water filtering ... Vance?
  
• We will need group shade
  
• We need more big tables - I don't think roll ups are going to do - except maybe for a lunch stop
  
• Can we have nesting rubbermaid tubs instead of galvanized buckets for wash water? This blaster propane stove will supposedly heat one huge pot of water really fast.
  
• I put in my notes that DV OK 'd an enclosure for the Groover ... camps are apparently a lot smaller than they were and this is a very large group ...
  
  

Notes from Patsy's trip to Colorado (Thanks Vance & Denise!)

• The Colorado group voted to use group plates and utensils. A couple of concerns were that it would be more work for the kitchen crew at dishwashing time and the kitchen crew would need to do a good job cleaning the plates and utensils. Each person would still be responsible to bring their own coffee cup and water bottle.
• The group decided to have a fairly extensive duty roster much like the sample Dave contributed. The roster would include one cook, one assistant cook, one dishwasher, one water filtration/kitchen setup person, and one shitter person. We can monitor and adjust and possibly do without some of these assigned tasks or add a couple more into the trip.
• Vance and Patsy will each bring shade wings for group shade. It is really hot and you may want to bring a beach type umbrella for use on the boat and the shore.
• We have 4 tables (two rental tables, Vance's & Eric's) for food preparation and dishwashing. We will also have three roll up tables for cocktails, etc. Everyone should try to keep from putting their personal gear on the kitchen tables. With 16 people there will be a lot of ditty bags, coffee cups and beer cans!
• We decided to use the Rubbermaid plastic dish pans on one table for washing dishes and gear nets to dry them.
• The Groover enclosure was voted out :(
• Mike is doing a great job on the first aid if you have not had a chance to complete the medical form please do so ASAP!
• Don't forget (among other things) mail me your spare shuttle keys, bring your photo ID, PFD, 1 river map per boat, 1 spare PFD per boat, and 1 minor first aid for each boat (REO provides minor first aid for rental boats)
• We will all meet for dinner at Vermillion Cliffs the night before the put in and breakfast at Marble Canyon Lodge the morning of the put in. Let me know if you will have anyone in addition to our 16 for the reservations. Some of us will be staying at Marble Canyon Lodge June 13 and some will need to stay with the boats at the launch ramp (Rick & ?)